Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Etiology
- 1 Neuroimaging in Personality Disorders
- 1a A Clinically Relevant Neuroscience for Personality Disorders: Commentary on Neuroimaging in Personality Disorders
- 1b Methodological Advancements Needed in Neuroimaging Research on Personality Disorders: Commentary on Neuroimaging in Personality Disorders
- 1c Illustrating the Value of Neuroimaging Studies Using the Example of Affect Regulation: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Neuroimaging in Personality Disorders
- 2 Issues and New Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics
- 2a Four Key Areas for Further Investigation: Commentary on Issues and New Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics
- 2b Highlighting the Value of Dimensional Conceptualizations and Environmental Influences: Commentary on Issues and New Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics
- 2c Questioning Current Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Issues and New Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics
- 3 Environmental and Sociocultural Influences on Personality Disorders
- 3a Evidence for Caregiver Factors Proposed by Attachment and Biosocial Theories in the Development of Personality Disorders: Commentary on Environmental and Sociocultural Influences on Personality Disorders
- 3b Towards a Family Process Perspective on Typical and Maladaptive Personality Characteristics: Commentary on Environmental and Sociocultural Influences on Personality Disorders
- 3c Moving Contextual Personality Research Forward: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Environmental and Sociocultural Influences on Personality Disorders
- 4 Personality Pathology in Youth
- 4a Toward the Integration of Developmental Psychopathology and Personality Pathology Perspectives: Commentary on Personality Pathology in Youth
- 4b A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on the Emergence of Antisocial and Borderline Personality Pathologies across the Lifespan: Commentary on Personality Pathology in Youth
- 4c Bridging Diverging Perspectives: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Personality Pathology in Youth
- Part II Models
- Part III Individual Disorders and Clusters
- Part IV Assessment
- Part V Treatment
- Index
- References
1a - A Clinically Relevant Neuroscience for Personality Disorders: Commentary on Neuroimaging in Personality Disorders
from Part I - Etiology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Etiology
- 1 Neuroimaging in Personality Disorders
- 1a A Clinically Relevant Neuroscience for Personality Disorders: Commentary on Neuroimaging in Personality Disorders
- 1b Methodological Advancements Needed in Neuroimaging Research on Personality Disorders: Commentary on Neuroimaging in Personality Disorders
- 1c Illustrating the Value of Neuroimaging Studies Using the Example of Affect Regulation: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Neuroimaging in Personality Disorders
- 2 Issues and New Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics
- 2a Four Key Areas for Further Investigation: Commentary on Issues and New Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics
- 2b Highlighting the Value of Dimensional Conceptualizations and Environmental Influences: Commentary on Issues and New Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics
- 2c Questioning Current Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Issues and New Directions in Personality Disorder Genetics
- 3 Environmental and Sociocultural Influences on Personality Disorders
- 3a Evidence for Caregiver Factors Proposed by Attachment and Biosocial Theories in the Development of Personality Disorders: Commentary on Environmental and Sociocultural Influences on Personality Disorders
- 3b Towards a Family Process Perspective on Typical and Maladaptive Personality Characteristics: Commentary on Environmental and Sociocultural Influences on Personality Disorders
- 3c Moving Contextual Personality Research Forward: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Environmental and Sociocultural Influences on Personality Disorders
- 4 Personality Pathology in Youth
- 4a Toward the Integration of Developmental Psychopathology and Personality Pathology Perspectives: Commentary on Personality Pathology in Youth
- 4b A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on the Emergence of Antisocial and Borderline Personality Pathologies across the Lifespan: Commentary on Personality Pathology in Youth
- 4c Bridging Diverging Perspectives: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Personality Pathology in Youth
- Part II Models
- Part III Individual Disorders and Clusters
- Part IV Assessment
- Part V Treatment
- Index
- References
Summary
The most salient goals of neuroscience research on personality disorders (PDs) are to help determine the mechanisms of specific disorders and reduce the incidence and severity of personality disorders. However, authors often do not discuss neuroscience research in a context that highlights its clinical relevance. Frequently, converging evidence from clinical neuroscience could help us better characterize the mechanisms specific to personality disorders, which could be used to inform diagnosis and interventions. More pervasive efforts to describe clinical neuroscience research in terms of its clinical relevance could help better define progress made in understanding disorders, identify gaps in the research needed to be filled before the knowledge is clinically useful, and could potentially be useful to inform current clinical practice. This commentary outlines examples from Chan, Vaccaro, Rose, Kessler, and Hazlett’s review (this volume) in which the neuroscience research could be read in ways that emphasize its clinical relevance. In addition, it briefly highlights advances in neuroscience methods, as well as efforts to improve nosological systems that may help researchers in describing the clinical implications of neuroscience research.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders , pp. 20 - 23Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020